Question

Winston Churchill _____________ (to capture) during the Boer war in South Africa in 1899. was captured captures The Passive voice serves to show that the person or thing denoted by the subject of the sentence is not the agent (the doer) of the action expressed by the predicate verb but the object of this action. The subject of a passive verb does not act but is acted upon it, it undergoes an action. In this sentence the action was completed in the Past: Was/Were + Past Participle.

Accepted Answer

is captured captured b

Question	Winston Churchill _____________ (to capture) during the Boer war in South Africa in 1899.
A	is captured
B	was captured
C	captured
D	captures
Answer	b
Remark	The Passive voice serves to show that the person or thing denoted by the subject of the sentence is not the agent (the doer) of the action expressed by the predicate verb but the object of this action. The subject of a passive verb does not act but is acted upon it, it undergoes an action. In this sentence the action was completed in the Past: Was/Were + Past Participle.

Captured Passive Subject Sentence Action Verb Winston Churchill